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SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 8, 1877.
The Marvelous Doings
OF—
PRINCE AIXO HO 1,.
A I m m-: aM .
BY UKY. JAMES A. CLEMENT.
CHAPTER 11.
Emmanuel was grieved, and sej t out hand
bills Alcohol goes to work might and main lie
I repairs Ins old forts, and throws up i* any new
ouch- Then he re-organizes amt augments his
army.
Emittamuff was grieved at this state of
things, and so were many of his followers.
They saw through the gauze.
“Satan," said they, “has something to
do in this matter, lie is getting ui easy
about his throne,, and is making a dos-
porato effort.”
Emmanuel sounded his trumpet of
alarm; and some of his soldiers repeated
his solemn warnings. He caused many
hand-1 ills to lie printed and stuck up in
public places through the nations, warn
ing the people, in the name of His
Almighty Father, not to enlist under the
standard of Prince Alcohol. iSouie ol
the hand hills run thus:
“Hear, O ye inhabitants of earth, and
' take warning! ' ftW Wino is a mocker,
strong di ink is raging; and who;,never is
deceived thereby is not wise. Look not
upon the wine when it is red, when it
giveih its color in the cup, when it moveth
; itself aright: at the last it hiteth like a
j (serpent, und stingeth like an adder.”
this rightly interpreted, inu-t he con
sidered as descriptive of the Prince—or
one very much like him —and the d.uigei
of enlisting into his ranks. Another
hand hill gave a description of gome ol
Alcohol’s soldiers:
"Who hath wo? who hath sorrow?
who hath Contentions? w ho hath babbling?
who hath wounds witbout)caiise ? who hath
redness ol eyes? They that tarry long
at tli ■ wine, they that go to seek mixed
wine.”
Another struck me with great force. It
was a description of .Ministers of the
Gospel, who drink drams. “Put they
also have erred through w ino and tlaougii
strong drink are out of tlie way; tuc
I vies’ and the jiri.ph t have erred throug h
strong drink; they are swallowed up ol
wine; they are out of the way through
strong drink; they err in vision, they
stumble in judgment. IE r all tables are
full of vomit and filthiness, so tiiut there
is no place clean. Come ye, say they, I
will fiitcli wine—we will nil ourselves with
strong drink, and to-morrow shall he as
this day, and much moro abundant. Ills
watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant,
they are dumb dogs, they cannot Lark;
sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Yea, they are g eedy flogs which ear
n ver have. enongKf and they are shop
herds that cannot understand; they ad
look to their myi way, everyone lor his
' gain, I loin his quart i
And in my ureum, I exclaimed:
"All this comes of misappropriating,
and wiliiii I too, Paul s i mark to Tim
otliy, 'take a little wine for thy stomach's
sake and which they have wrested to
their own dosti uetio,,.
Another handbill contained an awful
denunciation against those, who. in any
way, onrotirag and their lriculs ;u.i| in igh
tiers to espou-e the cause oT the Pro ce
trjj “Wo unto him who givetli his
n iglii,or drink, that putted thy bottle to
him and mak stliiui < ruukcii also.”
Jiut that which afflicted me um I, was
one printed in large capitals, and couched
in awful terms; it read as li).low :
"Md DRUsKAjiD (/. e, devoted
soldi, rol Alcohol; HALL IMi Hill I
Tilr. KINGDOM OF GOD.”
So Icarlul was the thought, it made me
tremble as 1 beheld so many thousands—-
apparently respectable people too, many
of them—paying their dev tioria ut the
shrineofl’rince Alcohol, and I exclaimed:
“My God! is it ti dfeaui, or a tearful
and solemn reality!''’
Alt' r all th e, ct/uld Alcohol date to go
on with his plans of vil.ainy? If so,
would mortals —yea, iiumoytaj beings—
allow themselves to bo deceived and
ruined? 'I he I'rinc was not intimidated
and man wottld-not 1< arn wisdom.
Alcol.ol called a council of war; all the
demons under his command wore present
and ho addiessd them as follows:
"Rruve coadjutors, the time for action
: has couie; we must, not indulge in useless
delay. The design of this couin-il is to
concert measures lor vigorous and effect
ual operations. If you have any irnpor
taut suggestions to make, brave demons,
speak treely. ’’
Nothing was said for some time. At
last one ventured to address the Prince
in behalf of the assembly; he said:
“Great i’rince, it ill becomes u-to give
advice, much le.-s, to dictate. We have
all confidence iu yuut wisdom; it is lor
you to plan, for us to execute.”
Alcohol bad got everything cut and
dried; he wa~ a man —or rather a devil—
of business, lie laid down bis plan of
| operations, and explained it al, in detail;
j it is hardly necessary to and, that it was
[ received with vast applau e. The council
now adjourned, and Alcohol and his crew
i went to work with great fur.v.
According to the infernal plan which
he had adopted, lie first, repaired bis old
j fortifications arid then constructed many ;
i new' ones. A triple line of tremond us
I forts and batteries soon stretched along
I the nations. They were a'l created and
manned underhisown personal inspection.
These answered two great objects. In
the first place, they served as recruiting
posts, where lie hung out bis colors and ;
li at’ up for volunteers. All who were
disposed were allowed to approach the
tho gairison without interruption, and
enrol their names upon the Prince’s
Register. Indeed, all possible stratagems
and bewitching arts were used to ensnare
the multitude. These fonitieations are
the dens of sorcery, the .headquarters ol
Satanic influence, the dismal focal points j
where were brought into awl til condensity
the heat and poison, and craft, and wrath
of the pit. Whilst they were properly
titled tor carrying on the work of latal
seduction, tney were, also so constituted
as to keep up at the same time a tremen
dous lire on Public-good, Domestic-ponce,
the Camp of Emmanuel, and a vast num
ber of good citizens, soldiers and officers
in various parts of the world. The am
munition used was wonderful. In some
mysterious way (I could not dicum out
the interpretation . f the mystery) every
charge which was tired til seemed to he
a vital part of Alcohol himself. I hat
such powde. as this should do so t ‘rrihle
execution was not to he wondered at.
The first line of Fortifications was called
Distilleries. In these Mere placed some
horrid entities —engines which Alcohol
at first imported iu vast quantities trout
the pit. In later years, the inhabitants
of Earth learned to manufacture them,
and in sufficient quantities to supply every
demand, to the no small discomfiture of
many of the citizens of the pit, who have
thereby been thrown out of employment
and are now begging bread. This line of
forts was of special service to the Prince.
I lie people praised; lor here they found
a ready market for vast quantities of ap
ples, peaches, rye, barley and potat. o<,
which were instantly convert 'd by those
infernal engines into Alcoholic Am muni
tion. And Class-Leader, Shout a-hoap;
Deacon, Luve-the-critter; Elder, Strait
sides, and Vestryman, Stand-by- t-uiu
liolier-than thou, rejoiced with an exceed
ing joy, and rather than give their fruits
Io aid the suffering poor, hurried to the
Distilleries to have them converted into
liquid-lire that would drown men’s souls
in perdition. Oil! how the angels of
Heaven wept at the sight!
The second line of fortilieatious con
sists of what weic called V h .lesale Gro
ceries. l’iicir magazines were copious,
and their guns were of enormous caliber.
The effects of a single discharge might
sometimes ho seen one thousand miles.
The third line of forts embraced a great
variety and a countless number of small,
mischievous garrisons, which were called
1 aver ns, Grog-shops, Kctailing-storcs,
etc. Under Alcohol's last commission,
their number was vastly increased; he
ordered them to he muck up on every
turnpike, at all the cross-roads, at every
corner iu every city, town ami settlement
where he cou-ld got foothold. Indeed, he
might be Mini to have wound this line ol
lorts round and round a great part of liie
world, as one would wind a piece ol twine
round his finger, or as the spider winds
up his prey in ihe fatal Web. Those gar
risons carried on a perpetual correspond
ence with the distilleries, and v\ hole, ale
(jrocci ics, and from them derived their
supplies of uumiui.it ion.
Over these lorts Prince Alcohol sta
tion and ti n e whom lie deemed won hy
men; tiny were generally the friends ol
.Mammon. | Alainim i; was the name ol
one of the heathen gods, who vvas.suin
posed to preside over Uieiies. It is fig
uratively applied to riches; gold. si,ver,
or in general to money. J !!e employed
as many Par. ons, Elders, Deacons and
as many of the private sold.ers ol K.n
n.<inu>d us he and .Mammon, wih their
united cruft, could bribe; ‘Tor Midi,’’
thought lie. '‘will be more sue<'elul in
Ciisnaiing the pet j le, replenishing my
ranks, and battering down the strong
forts of my great enemy.” Me professed
to hold them iu high repute, and no
doubt hi. love to them was wonderful.
Each commander managed the affairs
if his r* i active earn on under the fol
lowing license from the Prince:
“Know all men by these presents, and
to whom they may conic, That whereas,
F, I’rince Alcohol, am a <!;; corner of
merit, and the deserving I will honor.
Having had good representations given
me, and having perceived, myself, that
the bearer * * * ,is such as is de
serving Now, therefore, for your own
good and gain, and the general good of
man, l place you, worthy friend, over this
fortification. You are fully empowered
to employ all lawful means (and all means
are lawful in such a lilcs.-cd cause) to win
over the good pet pic ol lean,l: to my
ranks, and to destroy all toy implacable
enemies. Keep your guns brglit; use
the strongest powder possible, (tliongb it
is lawful to employ, especially at first, the
milder sort), and he not aliaid of loading
too heavily. Keep your colors flying;
never be out of auiiinimtii n; beat u;> lor
recruits; refuse no man, woman nor child
who offers to enlist, for I seek the happi
ness of all; and see that on the front of
your fortress t lie folh wing words lie paint -
ed in largo, bright capitals: "PHI M E
ALCOHOL'S GARRISON, TURN
IN,-THIS IS THE CHEAP ROAD
TO RLISS. Re diligent, ho faithful;
Mammon, my purser, will reward you
well, and I will load you down with many
choice benefits. Farewell.
Given under my hand and seal.”
, , “J’KiNCE ALCOHOL,
|shAl..J The
To give still greater strength to these
infernal garrisons, the Prince stationed
around each one (so 1 beheld in my
dream) ten legions of fierce, crafty de
mons, invisible indeed to men, but on
this account the more dangerous. The
Prince gave them the following charge:
“Rrave demons, 1 solemnly charge you
in the name of my master, Satan, to
take care of these garrisons. Guatd,
succor, strengthen them, as far as Em
manuel's hateful power will allow you.
Upon the proper management of these
forts much, very muoh, of my success
depends. Get access to the minds of the
Captains, and make them diabol cally
courageous, arid let all the wizzarJ acts
which you learned in the pit bo constantly
employed ill enticing men to these strong
holds, and persuading them to enter
their names upon my record t. Let
my ears he constantly delighted by
hearing a roaring cannonading kept up
against the entrenchments of my ene
mies. This sound is sweeter to me than
the music ol the spheres. Perform your
duty, and l will perform my promise by
granting ample rewards to the deserving. ’
The fortifications soon got into full
operation, and everything succeeded to
the Prince’s mind. Volunteers in unex
ampled lumbers flocked in from allquar
tors, especially from the famous laud of
religion, liberty, and equal rights.
As Alcohol’s army was not under that
pet feet discipline ivliich he wished to see
established, he set about the work of re
organization. Matters were soon ad
justed. Under his improved administra
tion the army was so -.irnt'>ged as to con
sist of four genera, divisions.
The first division was styled (lie “Tem
perate Battalion,” and was composed of
such as were denominated niinlerutr drink
ers. Those who belonged to this division
were not equal to perform duty; their
services were not frequent nor laborious;
their marches were short, and g> iicruliy
performed in the most plea-ant part ot
the day— the morning. Neverth -less,
Prince Alcohol attached great importance
to this battalion. It was, in many re-
spects, the very basis of all his military
operations, since all his advanced compa
nies received their recruits, either directly
or indirectly Irom this division, lie had
no power to sedmv* md injure those who
remained inflexible in the Touch Not
ranks, under the command of that brave
and inestimable commander, Total Absti
nance. But when persons bad once at
tached themselves to the Temperate Bat
talion they came within the reach of the
Prince’s fatal persuasions, and thousands
would become madly ambitious to rush
into the ranks and seize the honors of
the advanced batalions.
Tiie Temperate Battalion had its own
standard. It consisted of silk, beauti
fully wrought and attached to a GOLDEN
mod On one side was painted, with
magic art, a decanter of wine, pleasun ly
labeled with the oft-perverted text, “A
little wine for the stomach’s sake;” and
on tho other, a bottle of cordial, and a
glass of bitters with the motto: “.Medi
cine to the body—health and cheerfulness
to the soul.” Ensign False-Colors was
Standard Bearer, and Captain All Deceit
commanded under Alcohol.
This general division was subdivided
into many smaller companies. There
were the Non Cnnimital.—u hirpe class
of men and women, who would not take
any duiihil stand for or against the ene
my: Nnitrah, as they called them-elves,
forgetting the great principle laid down
by Kmninnuel in his book of action, that
e that is not with me, is against me;
and lie t hat gat herd h not wit li uie scat
icreth abroad.”
Then entno. the Don’t-Care, or Tmliffer
ent Company. 'l'liis company was made
up of persons totally indifferent as to
whether Kuinmrmol or Brincc Alcohol
prevailed in the conflict. ‘"II men have
a mind to drink, let them drink, ’ they
said, “What business is it of hoursV"
“If men have no belter sense than to
use strong drink to excess, we. are not
accountal-lc for it,” and, “Am 1 my
brother’s keeper?’’ and n.any other such
exclaim lions they used, forgetting that
i(it-d holds every man ace mutable, not
only for what he does, but it'sr for what
good he might, do. but fails to use iiis ex
ample to accomplish.
’1 hen I saw in my dream another class,
or company, arranged under this.banner,
and iii this battalion. It was styled The
Dost too-mueh Company. These refused
to enlist on Khun ■■'.fluid's side to fight the
enemy, because it required a lit tic money
to carry on a successful warfare against
iVince Alcohol- atid for the sake of a
few dimes occasionally, the enemy per
suaded such that they could make money
by refusing to enlist against him, in any
effort to militate against bis cause; and
as they were somewhat inclined, anyway,
to bold a tight grip on their money, they
were easily persuaded to remain under
the siilcen banner.
1 noticed, also, another company, who
made great preteri.-ions to decision and
stability of character, displaying them
selves very conspicuously. 1 he.-e adopt
ed the style and title No Danger. Kach
one of this e.-impuny said “/ am in no
danger of ever being damaged by the
enemy. / don t drink; no not I on no,
/ n/Ver drink; o-n-1 y -v h-e-n I I e-el
I j-k-e i-t.”
Then I noticed in try dream, after a
while, all these con.paid-s were found
among the lirmdy Sippcrs. the Hum j
Smellers, the (Jin Hikers, 'i lieu there |
was tlie Tod ly Legion, (,’ordial-cohort, I
the Cherry-bounce brigade, and many
other.squads ton numerous to met.lion.
Under the Silken Banner whole nations
enlisted .Millions of Muitimriuel’s sol
diers joined the Temperate Battalion
Men oi 1 all ranks were t. ere -preachers, j
.Judge-, Lawyers, Doctors, Merchants, j
Ilegislators, Di aeons, Lldc-rs, \ estryrnen,
Church Members not a few, and even
women, who ought to have set an exam
ple worthy of imitation, an 1 one calcu
lated to wield the actions of the sterner
s' x; but they -aw no danger, felt no J
shame, but i uni lined themselves in a good j
cause, and were wonderlu.ly pleased, j
They all I'c.so.ved to advance no further*
NUMBER 15.
in tho Prince's service, hut before they
were awaro thousands soon found them
selves in "The Sip Often HattuUon.'
Tlti< was tho second grand division of
Ylcohol’s aimy. It was composed of
persons of every possible variety, charac
ter und rank. Many men of reputed
worth, piety and greatness wore there,
I’his division had its own Standard too.
Their colors were Jine tinned linen; tho
staff w.-is silver. And who could help
smiling at the device? A limber tongue,
and a reddish, oily nose, tied together
across a stick, and catriud on the shoul
der of a jolly looking little fellow. "Joy
is with ns," was the motto. Ensign False
Joy was standard bearer, and Captain
Rein Slacker commanded under Alcohol.
This battalion performed much more ser
vice than til, first, and marched on with
moderate speed towards the pit.
Next comes the “Drink Deep Battal
ion,” which was made up wholly of re
cruits from the Sip-Often Department
The Drink-Deep soldiers wore obliged to
perform hard service, and were hurried
along in a pretty quick step towards the
gates of hell. A rough piece of tow
cloth, exhibiting on either side a red faeo,
ornamented with rich brandy blossoms,
and attached to a crooked hickory pole,
was the standard. Burning Thirst car
ried it, and Captain Strong List com
manded under Alcohol. From this infat
uated company the Prince organiz -d a
a vast, army, which I shall call “ The
Di li,then Eosse," though tile Prince styl
ed them his “Legion if Honor.” Most
of the last described battalion were de
graded to these ranks ef honor. How
con'd they resist the fascinating priz ?
Behold their stand.,rd! n mud dog skin I
roughly dicsscd, attached to u limb of
the U;as tree! A-id on one side was
painted with tar nmt lampblack, by some
sooty demon from the pit, something like
a human being wa'lowing and puking in
a mud hole. On the other side were to
he seen a dagger, a broken skull, and an
empty trencher. “Alcohol forever!’’
wa. recorded on every vacant space of the
dog kin. Seal Fate was standard bearer.
Aicuh.il always led theui in person, and
Sw'i't Destruction brought up the rear.
From the ranks of .he Drunker* IWe
there were but f.w deserters; the Prince
consideied them generally his sure prey.
By forced, constant and laborious marches
he conducts them on towards the pit. in
this wretched company were to be seen
those whom wo s! mild have least expect
ed to behold in such a degraded, hopeless
condition. There were women who wen®
once chaste and beautiful; rich :nen who
were once respected, poor men who-were
once rich, legislators and kings who-wort*
once honored, preachers who wsea oncei
admired, professors of religion wltir were
once thought pious. There were persons
collected lroui every profession,, from
every grade, from almost every aetimn
under the whole heaven. L examined
some of the subdivisions of the array,,
and (), what a sight! There were hog
Itag tags, the Mud-tumblers, the Win
dow sni:i-her , the Slam-bun ers, the
Wrtit gh-rs and (lie Uniters- 'Tlu-rc were
also the iVo.-i -hrc.ikcrs, the Kye-gougers,
Scuil-ernekeis and Throat cutters. I
might j-cak nl-o of the oth r companies,
such as the Barnt-livi r cohort, the Palsy
phito.ii, the lin-psy j. lines, and the Bpi
lejities. But the most despicable of all
the ur w were the Wile bruisers. Satan
was at first loath (so tr y foolish dream
would have it) to open the gates of the
pit to such iinam vagabonds; but Alcohol,
who was mean r than his master, loved
then dearly, and finally prevailed on him
to a fiord them pioteciiou in bis douiiu
i on.-t.
But my heart sickens, and for the pres
ein 1 must, laydown my pen. When my
spirit recovers a little i will write another
chapter of uiy dieuur.
[C INTIM1I) IN' CUIt NKXT.iI
As 1 war re. ling In a camp on the out
skirts of Dead-wood, a jolly faced man
came along and asked for a job. He was
lolil i bat evei.v anil. wu working for him
self, and making very poor wages at. t liar,
when be replied: Gentlemen, I havn't
bad one good meul in three weeks; l
havn't been able to get a day’s work.
I’m dead bivke, and the curtain is going
down on this tragedy right here, and
and right now.”
He stepped around the fire, pulled a
revolver fiom a miner’s bell, and then,
retreating back a puce or two. lie said:
“Gentlemen, I'm going! I’ve starved
around the Black Hills for three months,
and if there is any worse place than this,
r’m envious to see it. Tlxcuse me for
using ainunitioii, but here 1 go —crack!’’
lie put tlie muzzle of the revolver to
his forehead mid never kicked alter the
report. No man raised up to restrain
him. After a tew minutes the owner cf
the revolver walked over and procured
it, and as lie wiped a spot of blood off
the barrel, lie growled out:
•‘Blest bis eyes! Why didn't lie jump
over some cliff, or go out and let the Indi
ans ti.-klo’ him to death. —Dead wood
Li tier.
“What would you do if your mama
were to die? ' she pathetically asked of
her little three-year old daughter.
“I don’t know,” remarked the infant,
with downcast eyes and a melancholy
voice, “I 11)pose i should have to tlipank
mytliulf. ”
Bridgeport Stondord : —“ Now doth
t lie glossy chestnut jostle the shelly shag
hurl; on the htn kstcr's stall, and the con
scientious agriculturist dilutes the sweet
cider for the ci(,y market with fresh laid
water from tlm well.”